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PhD (University of Queensland), Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) (University of Queensland)
Dr Nathan Boase is a co-lead of the Medicinal Molecules and Materials Group a collaborative team of organic, medicinal and polymer chemists, looking to understand how precision chemistry can be used to solve clinical health problems. We create new synthetic strategies, design new functional molecules and materials, and develop structure-function relationships using in depth chemical characterisation and biological evaluation.
Discipline : Chemistry Areas of Expertise
- Synthetic Polymer Chemistry
- Nanomaterials
- Preclinical Imaging
Research Area My research focuses on using controlled radical polymerisation techniques to synthesise and characterise well defined polymeric materials. I am focused on developing smart and robust materials that can be depolyed in extreme environments, or be used for applications in biomedicine, including anti-biofouling coatings, nanomedicines and molecular imaging agents.
Career Highlights
- 2023 - AIPS Young Tall Poppy Science Award QLD
- 2021 - Present – Senior Lecturer: Queensland University of Technology
- 2020 - RACI QLD O'Donnell School's Lecturer. (Delayed to 2021 due to COVID).
- 2019 - CAS Future Leader. 1 of 29 ECR Chemists Selected Globally
- 2017 - 2021 – Lecturer: Queensland University of Technology
- 2015-2017 – Associate Lecturer: Queensland University of Technology
- 2014-2015 – Preclinical Imaging Facility Manager, Translational Research Institute
- 2011-2015 – PhD in Chemistry: University of Queensland
- 2007-2010 – Bachelor of Science with 1st Class Honours: University of Queensland
Projects (Chief investigator)
Additional information
2023 UV Wearables to Protect Australian's from the Sun, Media Coverage. Channel 9 News, Brisbane Times, Sydney Morning Herald, ABC Radio, 4BC.
2022 World Science Festival. Igniting the Magic of Chemistry: Chemical Transformations and Perplexing Reactions.
2021 World Science Festival. Chemistry: The Science of Life, Change and Explosions. Public lecture for school students on the role of chemistry in everyday life, and aiming to change the perception of who a scientist is. Largest ticketed event at WSF21. Watch the lecture here.
2021 RACI O'Donnell QLD Schools Lecturer. Public outreach program run by the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, to promote chemistry and polymer science education to high school students. Visited school students across Queensland. Watch a virtual version of this lecture to learn more about the chemistry of polymers
2018 Consultancy with Cerego LLC about the challenge in higher education in Australia, and how digital learning technologies can support educators.
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2023
- Details
- 2023 QLD Young Tall Poppy Science Award.The Young Tall Poppy Science Awards, an initiative of the Australian Institute of Policy and Science, aim to recognise excellence in research as well as enthusiasm for communicating science beyond the walls of the laboratory. The Awards are widely considered to be an early indicator of Australia’s future scientific leaders, identifying excellent early career scientists.
- Type
- Committee Role/Editor or Chair of an Academic Conference
- Reference year
- 2023
- Details
- Organising Committee Member for the 38th Australasian Polymer Symposium, Auckland, New Zealand, Feb 2024.
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2021
- Details
- Awarded the 2021 RACI O'Donnell Lectureship by the RACI Queensland Branch and the RACI QLD Chemical Education Group.(Originally awarded in 2020, but postponed to 2021 for COVID-19).
- Type
- Committee Role/Editor or Chair of an Academic Conference
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- RACI National Congress, 2022, Organising committee memberRoyal Australian Chemical Institute
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- Other
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- Accepted as a CAS Future Leader in 2019. One of 29 ECR chemists selected from around the globe into the program. Included attendance at the ACS National Congress in San Diego.
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- QUT Learning and Teaching Innovation GrantEvaluating the use of adaptive learning technologies to support undergraduate student learning
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- Ian Potter Travel Fellowship, 2018Presented at the American Chemical Society Congress, New Orleans, 2018.Polymer Chemistry: Getting students to speak our language: Aadaptive tools for teaching nomenclatureChemical Education: Getting students to speak our language: Adaptive tools for teaching nomenclature
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- Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
- Reference year
- 2018
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- Macro World Polymer Congress, 2018, Invited Keynote SpeakerIUPAC
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA)
- Type
- Membership of Learned Societies
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- RACI Chartered Membership (MRACI CChem)
- Wiedbrauk, S., McKinnon, H., Swann, L. & Boase, N. (2023). Diarylethene Photoswitches and 3D Printing to Fabricate Rewearable Colorimetric UV Sensors for Sun Protection. Advanced Materials Technologies, 8(9). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/238037
- Larin, A., Pfrunder, M., Mullen, K., Wiedbrauk, S., Boase, N. & Fairfull-Smith, K. (2023). Synergistic or antagonistic antioxidant combinations - a case study exploring flavonoid-nitroxide hybrids. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 21(8), 1780–1792. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/238038
- Boase, N., Michalek, L., Hooker, J. & Fairfull-Smith, K. (2022). A Versatile Light-Triggered Radical-Releasing Surface Coating Technology. Advanced Materials Technologies, 7(4). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/230066
- Vincent-Ruz, P. & Boase, N. (2022). Activating discipline specific thinking with adaptive learning: A digital tool to enhance learning in chemistry. PLoS ONE, 17(11). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/238036
- Ndukwe, A., Wiedbrauk, S., Boase, N. & Fairfull-Smith, K. (2022). Strategies to Improve the Potency of Oxazolidinones towards Bacterial Biofilms. Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 17(11). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/230365
- Boase, N., (2020). Shining a light on bioorthogonal photochemistry for polymer science. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 41(18). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/202401
- Coley, C., Deng, Y., Betz, K., Sanjosé-orduna, J., Natoli, S., Zhang, L., Bakulina, O., Fereyduni, E., Hilario-martínez, J., Busta, L., Hunter, A., Park, Y., Zadeh, F., V. Milic, J., Ehnbom, A., Garedew, M., Vincent-ruz, P., Schloemer, T., Hodgson, G., Oakley, M., Sasaki, K., Chander, S., Légaré, M., Callmann, C., Bismillah, A., Van Osch, D., Sanchez, V., Boase, N. & Mambwe, D. (2020). The future of scientific leadership is interdisciplinary: The 2019 CAS Future Leaders share their vision. iScience, 23(9). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/203425
- Goldmann, A., Boase, N., Michalek, L., Blinco, J., Welle, A. & Barner-Kowollik, C. (2019). Adaptable and reprogrammable surfaces. Advanced Materials, 31(40), 1–21. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/132079
- Boase, N., Torres, M., Fletcher, N., Fuente-Nunez, C. & Fairfull-Smith, K. (2018). Polynitroxide copolymers to reduce biofilm fouling on surfaces. Polymer Chemistry, 9, 5308–5318. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/122370
- Boase, N., Smith, S., Masters, K., Hosokawa, K., Crowe, S. & Trapp, J. (2018). Xylenol orange functionalised polymers to overcome diffusion in Fricke gel radiation dosimeters. Reactive and Functional Polymers, 132, 81–88. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/121577
- PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Distinguished Professor Christopher Barner-Kowollik, Professor Deepak Dubal - Nitroxide Hybridized Redox Active Therapeutic Agents
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Kathryn Fairfull-Smith - Development of Neutral Radical-Based Molecular Imaging Agents
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Aaron Micallef, Associate Professor James Blinco